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- Child Care Health & Safety Print and Web Resources
The American Academy of Pediatrics worked with the Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center to create a list of essential books, manuals, articles, policies, and web sites for improving health and safety in group care settings. Click here to view the webpage that was posted 12/06. - Crosswalk Strengths Areas to Improve from Observation Video
This document helps trainers and users of the observation segments in the video series Health Consultation in Child Care, Part Two. The crosswalk lists the strengths and weaknesses observable in each segment and the references that support the rationale for each. - ECELS Audio-Visual Lending Library
For a comprehensive list of AV materials recommended and/or available from ECELS, click on "A-V Lending Library" in the left pane of this page. PA child care providers and health consultants may borrow the videos for a period of 7-10 business days. To request a video from the A-V Lending Library, click the link to an on-line order form in the description of each video. If you prefer, you may call ECELS to discuss your use of a video, 484-446-3003. - Health Capsule
ECELS offers brief articles to insert into parent and staff newsletters, post on bulletin boards or otherwise share information on health and safety topics. Click on the section photo and heading on this website called “Publications and Media” and then, in that section, scroll down the page to the subsection heading “Health Capsule” for all these brief articles. Whenever ECELS publishes a new Health Capsule, the editor sends an E-Mail Alert from ECELS to everyone who signed up on the ECELS home page for these alerts. - HEALTH LINK ONLINE
ECELS publishes the newsletter, Health Link Online to inform early education and health professionals about health and safety issues. The first issues were two pages and issued every month. Now the issues are usually six pages, and issued quarterly. Feel free to make copies to spread the news. Note: whenever ECELS publishes a new issue of Health Link Online, the editor sends an E-Mail Alert from ECELS to everyone who signed up on the ECELS home page for these alerts. - Improving the Health and Safety of Children in Nonparental Early Education and Child Care
This review article defines the types of nonparental early education and child care services and ways to help parents select the most appropriate education and care for their young children. It describes the health issues related to enrollment in group care programs, and how pediatricians can address prevention and management of acute illness in patients who are enrolled. Further, the article discusses how pediatricians and other pediatric health professionals can support accommodation of children who have special needs in early education and child care programs, and how to use the national health and safety performance standards for nonparental care to improve the quality of group care. - Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools
Many children who are enrolled in early education and child care programs have chronic health problems or special health needs. In the United States, 14% of all children have such conditions. The American Academy of Pediatrics published this Quick Reference Guide to help teachers and caregivers understand these conditions and work with health care professionals to be sure children who have them stay well. The book explains how to develop specific Care Plans for educational settings. One section offers information about types of health professionals who might be involved in a child's care. Half the book is devoted to condition-specific Quick Reference Sheets and sample forms. To order this book, go to www.aap.org. - Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools, A Quick Reference Guide
 Many licensed child care centers received a free copy of the first edition of Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools, A Quick Reference Guide. ECELS offered free copies upon request to family child care providers as well. The 2009, second editon of this handy reference can be purchased from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the national organization of pediatricians and other pediatric health professionals. Look for the purple cover and spiral binding of this award-winning book. The second ediition has more Quick Reference Sheets on illnesses that children may experience than the first edition. It also has the newer recommendations about when children with conjunctivitis and diarrhea need to be excluded or can remain in the program. Updated 3/25/10 - Model Child Care Health Policies [Available for Order]
A 74 page booklet with fill-in-the-blank health policies and implementation forms that early education and child care providers can use to make site-specific documents - SIDS: "Back to Sleep" Campaign
A source of materials and publications available for order and/or viewing on line on the importance of placing babies on their backs to sleep to help reduce the risk of SIDS. The SIDS Back to Sleep Campaign is sponsored by the National Institute of Child health and Human Development, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the AAP and others. - Vaccines and Your Baby [Available for Order]
“Vaccines and Your Baby” is a 28-minute video that explains the basics of vaccines. You’ll learn about vaccines and how they work, the science behind vaccines, immunity, and the 11 diseases that vaccines prevent. Parents of children who suffered vaccine-preventable diseases tell their stories. You may watch the video on line. Go to www.vaccine.chop.edu. To watch the video, just click on any section you wish to view. To watch the video from beginning to end, click on the first section and follow the prompts to each section that follows. If you prefer, you can download the entire video to your computer link on the webpage of the Vaccine Information Center. Pennsylvania child care practitioners may order a free VHS copy of this video from ECELS to show to parents by clicking on "Available for Order" above and completing the request form.
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